diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index fcd9e4e..b533133 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ postgres:
     cluster-name: pg-cluster
   namespace: postgres
   port: 5432
-  username: "###ZARF_VAR_JIRA_DB_USERNAME###"
-  password: "###ZARF_VAR_JIRA_DB_PASSWORD###"
+  username: "jira"
+  password: ""
 
 sso:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/zarf.yaml b/zarf.yaml
index c8accfa..38aaad5 100644
--- a/zarf.yaml
+++ b/zarf.yaml
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ variables:
     default: "postgres"
   - name: DOMAIN
     default: "uds.dev"
-  - name: JIRA_DB_PASSWORD
-    description: "Password will be added to jira-postgres secret and loaded in for connection credentials."
-    default: "replace-me"
-  - name: JIRA_DB_USERNAME
-    description: "Username will be added to jira-postgres secret and loaded in for connection credentials."
-    default: "replace-me"
 
 components:
   - name: jira